The resolution was successful, however, with the Air King moving onto the Ptah square in the first move of the 19th round and remaining there safely while the round completed, thus ending the game. Key words for the Air of Fire angle include “long distance communication” and “space travel.” (Yes, really! Zalewski, p201.) The Ptah square chosen was the sixth house of Virgo due to the key words of “work” and “civil service.” This game went on for 19 rounds with many pieces getting captured, including the Earth King. It was conducive to an interesting question, however, which pertained to my colleague’s project at her work.
The second group game was set up as Air of Fire, in part for symmetry’s sake. A more complete interpretation of the move-by-move meanings may be forthcoming in a future article. That there were no pieces taken is suggestive of little or no conflict in the situation. The completion of that round with the Fire King still on that square resulted in a successful answer to the question. The Fire King mounted the Ptah square as the first move of the fourth round. Key words for the Fire of Air angle include “harmonizing polarities”, “contracts” and “communication.” Key words for the seventh house of Libra include “social partnerships” and “workings of karma.” This game went only four rounds. Our question for this game related to community cooperation, much along the same lines as the ritual done by OSOGD in the Fir Ballroom on Saturday, 14 February 2015. The first group game was Fire of Air with the Ptah marker placed in the house of Libra within the Fire sub-angle of the Air board. Performing a divination with a game of Enochian Chess starts with choosing the appropriate board and sub-angle setup for the question. He and I played a game which ended in a draw when I was down to two bare Kings. Though not a decisive loss for me, it was a fairly close game all things considered.īoth of the group games were actually divinations, a fact which we didn’t emphasize while the games were in progress. While no pair or group of people sat down and actually recorded an “official” game for the Congress, there was one visitor to the suite who had made his own Enochian Chess boards and pieces (alas, he did not have those with him!). To my surprise and delight, all of those moves were in fact legal moves. The number of moves made across the two games totaled 92, but it was a rather uneven split with 16 peaceful moves in the first game while the second game went on for a slogging battle of 76 moves. We had 45 people sign up for the Congress, each of whom made at least one move in one of the two group games in progress throughout the weekend. The Enochian Chess Congress held at PantheaCon 2015 in the Circle of Cerridwen/ suite was a great success. Results of the Enochian Chess Congress from PantheaCon2015 including links for all of the Congress Rules.